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Securing Texas Business Court Jurisdiction Over ‘External’ Disputes

For Texas’s commercial litigation bar and their clients, the wait is over. Texas’ business court is open for business.

But it’s still a court of limited jurisdiction, and securing a hearing there is far from guaranteed. The business court can only hear the kinds of disputes listed in its jurisdictional statute, the new Texas Government Code § 25A.004, write Gibson Dunn’s Matt Scorcio and Trey Cox in this Expert Voices column.

Fort Worth Jury Convicts E-Discovery Firm of Class B Misdemeanor

Consilio, which claims to be the largest e-discovery firm in the world, committed a Class B misdemeanor offense when it accessed a woman’s computer without consent, a jury recently determined. Rob Miller of Miller Copeland, who represented the plaintiff, told The Texas Lawbook he believes this is the first lawsuit of its kind to be decided by a jury.

East Texas Jury Clears Nokia In Patent Case

A federal jury in Marshall deliberated about an hour and a half Wednesday before returning its verdict for Nokia. Correct Transmission had sought to prove Nokia infringed on three of its patents and should pay about $35 million.

Texas Lawyer Leads Trump Lawsuit Against CBS in Amarillo

Former president Donald Trump has hired Amarillo lawyer Christopher D. Parker, a shareholder at Farris, Parker & Hubbard, as one of three attorneys to file a lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting claiming that the TV network committed “unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive and substantial news distortion” by editing interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris that were broadcast in early October.

Trial Begins in $30M Patent Infringement Case Against Nokia 

Lawyers for a Dallas-area company that holds the patents told an East Texas jury tech giant Nokia of America Corporation used its technology to improve Nokia routers without paying royalties as trial began Wednesday. Nokia denies it uses the patented technology and alleges the marketplace wasn’t interested in the technology.

15th COA Hears First Arguments in Cases Involving State Entities

Justices on the newly created court engaged in spirited questioning over appeals involving DPS’ Uvalde school shooting records, the AG’s biometric data case against Google, and the firing of a Crowley ISD teacher who pinned down a student. Lawmakers gave the court broad authority over appeals involving the state and cases from the new business courts.

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